F1 Tries to Recover From Embarrassing First Day of Las Vegas Grand Prix

Published on November 18, 2023

Las Vegas—Formula One is hoping to turn its luck around on the Strip, like so many other Las Vegas visitors who blow a big bankroll on arrival. The elite global motorsports series placed a $500 million gamble on a new event in Sin City promoted for the first time by F1 and owner Liberty Media. But it now must recover after an opening-night debacle in which the first practice was ruined just nine minutes in when Carlos Sainz Jr. ran over a water valve cover on the temporary street course. “Judge us by what happens when the checkered flag falls on Saturday,” asked Williams team principal James Vowles....

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